How about These on a Dropshot?

[.dsaavedra.]

i read an article about using these on a dropshot (or a wiggle rig if youve got it!) in north american fisherman to catch bass from their beds. its sposed to imitate a bluegill and the way they said to fish it was to get it on the edge of the bed and give it a little slack so it slides in the bed, then tighten up a little so it pops back up and repeat that to look like a gill stealing eggs. what do you all think?

[Walkingboss]

It will work.  I've used streamer flies on dropshots and killed smallies on the beds, but then again, you could drop just about anything on a smallmouth bed and get bit.  But seriously, I've used flies on dropshots through the ice and have had good results.  There is something to be said about the way a fly softly quivers in the water at the slightest twitch....something plastics just can't do.

[.ghoti.]

Try a bunny strip ( rabbit fur leech imitation ), on either a drop shot or split shot rig. Once it gets soaked, you can cast a bigger one with a spinning rod with no added weight, for shallow water. It's more fun with a fly rod, but the bunny strip is one of the few flies you can cast with a spinning rod. Rabbit fur looks more alive in water than anything else. Except for something that's actually alive, that is. One of my "secret" baits for tough times.

Cheers,

GK